Tag: Anthony Wenndt

TCI to Co-Host Event on Food Loss and Nutrition Security in India

Posted on January 19, 2021

The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) is co-hosting a webinar on “Food Loss and Nutrition Security” on Friday, January 22, at 7 a.m. EST/5:30 p.m. IST. The event is the second in a series of policy discussions on food, nutrition, and agricultu… Read more

New TCI Study Identifies Household Risk Factors for Mycotoxins

Posted on November 3, 2020

A new study co-authored by researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) identifies household risk factors for exposure to mycotoxins—harmful chemicals produced by fungi—that can be targeted in food safety interventions. The stu… Read more

Five TCI Scholars Earn PhDs

Posted on October 28, 2020

Five scholars from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) completed their PhDs over the past few months, despite restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shiuli Vanaja, Anthony Wenndt, Kathryn Merckel, Fatma Rekik, and Rohil Bhatnagar e… Read more

Exploring Aflatoxin Contamination and Household-Level Exposure Risk in Diverse Indian Food Systems

Posted on October 27, 2020

By Anthony Wenndt, Hari Kishan Sudini, Prabhu Pingali, and Rebecca Nelson PLOS One, Online: October 26, 2020… Read more

Participatory Research: Re-Envisioning the Role of the Farmer in Local Food Safety Innovation

Posted on July 7, 2020

“What happened to it?” I asked one woman after she reported that the hermetic (air-tight) grain sack we had given her wasn’t being used in her storage facility. She grinned sheepishly. A giggling daughter guided us through the courtyard and gestured to a corner shaded b… Read more

Managing Mycotoxins: Reducing the Nutritional and Socioeconomic Burdens of Unsafe Food

Posted on May 6, 2020

This piece from the TCI 2019-20 Annual Report explores TCI scholar Anthony Wenndt’s research on managing and mitigating fungal toxins in grain stores. Download the full annual report to read more. Exposure to fungal toxins, or mycotoxins, in the diet can lead to canc… Read more